Over Time

OVER TIME

Unless an employee’s employment contract states otherwise or the employee is ineligible
under the Employment Standards Code (ESC), overtime will be paid at one-and-a-half (1.5)
times the employee’s regular rate of pay.

For most employees, and unless an employee’s contract of employment states otherwise,
overtime pay is earned when an employee has worked more than 8 hours in a day or 44 hours
in a work week, whichever is greater. Each hour of overtime worked will be paid at the
overtime rate.

Employees must receive prior written approval from their manager before working overtime.
Employees who work overtime without the approval of management will be subject to
discipline.

Abuse of the overtime policy is considered serious misconduct and will result in discipline
up to and including dismissal.

Managers and supervisors do not qualify for overtime. Even if they perform other kinds of
tasks that are not managerial or supervisory, they do not get overtime pay if these tasks are
performed only on an irregular or exceptional basis.